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Tarnas demonstrates the existence of a consistent correspondence
between planetary movements and the unfolding of human history. He
maintains the present is most comparable to the period 500 years
ago, an era of extraordinary turbulence and creativity.
"[This] magnificent critical survey, with its inherent respect for both the 'Westt's mainstream high culture' and the 'radically changing world' of the 1990s, offers a new breakthrough for lay and scholarly readers alike....Allows readers to grasp the big picture of Western culture for the first time." SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE Here are the great minds of Western civilization and their pivotal ideas, from Plato to Hegel, from Augustine to Nietzsche, from Copernicus to Freud. Richard Tarnas performs the near-miracle of describing profound philosophical concepts simply but without simplifying them. Ten years in the making and already hailed as a classic, THE PASSION OF THE WESERN MIND is truly a complete liberal education in a single volume.
The Passion of the Western Mind is a complete guide to Western
civilisation and the philosophical ideas that have shaped our world
view. From Plato to Hegel, from Augustine to Nietzsche, from
Copernicus to Freud, Richard Tarnas described profound
philosophical concepts simply, but without simplifying them. Ten
years in the making, The Passion of the Western Mind was hailed as
an instant classic on publication. In it, Tarnas provides a
compelling account of the evolution of the Western mind and its
changing conception of reality. Advances on several fronts - in
philosophy, psychology, religous studies and the history of science
- have shed new light on this remarkable evolution and Tarnas draws
together these advances to set forth a new perspective for
understanding out culture's intellectual and spiritual history. The
result is a complete liberal education in a single volume.
How can we better understand the significance and implications of
the ecological, economic, and cultural crises we now face? What are
the deeper forces at work shaping the contemporary zeitgeist and
connecting the major events of our time? Is it possible to place
our moment in history in the context of great cyclical and
diachronic patterns of change? Responses to these and other related
questions are explored in this second issue of Archai: The Journal
of Archetypal Cosmology. The nine essays featured here use
archetypal astrology to shine a light on the deeper dynamics of
history and contemporary culture. Contributions include cultural
historian Richard Tarnas's analysis of the major world transits of
the last five years, focusing especially on the Saturn-Uranus-Pluto
T-square, and the second part of his exploration of the
Saturn-Neptune complex. Also included are the second parts of Rod
O'Neal's in-depth analysis of the Puritan movement and Keiron Le
Grice's exploration of archetypal themes in the music of Bruce
Springsteen. The other articles cover a wide variety of topics
relevant to an archetypal understanding of contemporary culture
such as the global financial crisis, the Israel-Palestine conflict,
the gay rights movement, the history of rock and roll, and recent
achievements in the sporting world.
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